Havatra

The system is made up of many components, and voting machines are but one part. Even though they might be hackable in various ways, there are much more efficient ways these days to sway an election. The Cambridge Analytics scandal proved one efficient way, while there’s now a growing belief that whoever controls the social media algorithm effectively controls public opinion.
And don’t get me started on the two-party-system in the US…

So no need to hack the machines, really. The system is flawed/corrupt elsewhere more severely.

Voting machines are vulnerable just like any other machine, and have been proven time and time again that they’re not particularly difficult to hack. DEF CON has been doing it for almost ten years at this point. First time in 2017, with lots of articles covering it. The year after even TIME reported about how an 11 year old did it. In 2024 they got some attention again due to Trump going for second term. But I don’t think much came of it…

The US is a flawed democracy, and has been on a steady decline for years.

That’s the same issue everyone has/had, including me. You’d be surprised how alright it works to use SMS and phone calls once you get used to it. It’s honestly refreshing. You don’t have to go that far, necessarily, as there are other messaging services out there that I’m sure your circles find better than SMS.

Sure, you might miss out on some events and stuff due to others needing to remember that you’re no longer on Meta platforms, but just be a little persistent and they’ll remember to include you, just like they did me ;-)

You probably have been asked this many times already, but I’ll ask anyways, in case the answer has changed/mutated: When you look at other similar projects like TREK, GeoPulse, and Reitti (Reitti dev make appearances here on the fediverse also), what makes you feel like your projects stands out with? And are there specific things that you’d want to adapt from others’ solutions?

Sidenote: I didn’t realize there were so many alternatives…!

Keep up the good work anyhow! Competition is good, and it’s cool to see the progress in these update posts!